Kill 'Em All
Studio album by Metallica
Released	July 25, 1983
Recorded	1982–1983 at Music America Studios, Rochester, New York
Genre	Thrash metal, speed metal
Length	51:19
Label	Megaforce, Elektra
Producer	Paul Curcio, Jon Zazula
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Metallica chronology
Megaforce demo (1983) Kill 'Em All (1983) Ride the Lightning (1984)

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Impact

Released in 1983, the record's release set the band on the path to "world domination", as drummer Lars Ulrich would put it in the following year. ^[1] Lars Ulrich (born December 26, 1963) is the drummer and co-founder of Metallica. ...

According to some music critics^{[citation needed]} the album is acclaimed for combining high-tempo (discounting the Cliff Burton bass solo "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth") and a tribute to the band's early influences: Diamond Head, Iron Maiden, Motörhead and Venom, all English bands who combined the heaviness and technicality of Black Sabbath with the speed and aggression of punk rock. Clifford Lee Burton (February 10, 1962 – September 27, 1986) was a bass guitarist, best known for his work with the thrash/heavy metal band Metallica from 1982-86. ... (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth is the fifth track (an instrumental) on Metallicas 1983 album Kill Em All. ... Diamond Head Diamond Head are a British heavy metal band formed in 1976 in Stourbridge, England. ... This article is about the band. ... This article is about the band. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... This article is about the English as a nation. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ...

The Mustaine factor

When Metallica settled on a lineup originally, the band featured James Hetfield (guitar/vocals), Lars Ulrich (drums), Ron McGovney (bass) and Dave Mustaine (lead guitar). Due to tensions between McGovney and Mustaine, McGovney left the band. Castro Valley-born bassist Cliff Burton was recruited as a replacement. James Alan Hetfield (born 3 August 1963, Downey, California[1]) is the main songwriter, lead vocalist, guitarist and a founding member of the American thrash/heavy metal band Metallica. ... Lars Ulrich (born December 26, 1963) is the drummer and co-founder of Metallica. ... Ron McGovney (born November 2, 1963 [1]) was Metallicas first bass player when they formed in the early 1980s. ... David Scott Mustaine(born September 13, 1961 in La Mesa, California, United States) is the lead/rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and singer for the speed/thrash metal band, Megadeth. ... Castro Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Alameda County, California, United States. ... Clifford Lee Burton (February 10, 1962 – September 27, 1986) was a bass guitarist, best known for his work with the thrash/heavy metal band Metallica from 1982-86. ...

There was also considerable tension between Mustaine and the rest of the band (particularly Hetfield), which resulted in him being fired in early 1983, just prior to the recording of Kill 'Em All - he went on to form the band Megadeth, who also achieved multi-million selling success. After Mustaine's departure, Metallica recruited Kirk Hammett, Exodus guitarist and one-time student of guitar legend Joe Satriani, and the band started recording Kill 'Em All with him barely a month after joining. Megadeth is an American thrash metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... Kirk Lee Hammett (born on November 18, 1962) is the lead guitarist in the band Metallica. ... Exodus is an American thrash metal band formed in 1980 in San Francisco, California by singer/drummer Tom Hunting, guitarists Tim Agnello and Kirk Hammett, and bassist Carlton Melson. ... Joseph Satch Satriani (born on July 15, 1956, in Westbury, New York, U.S.) is an American guitarist and former guitar instructor. ...

Mustaine and Hetfield had personal conflicts, with Mustaine later blaming the rivalry on the fact that "there was too much personality" in the band ^[2]. These tensions led to a fist-fight that broke out between Mustaine and Hetfield^{[citation needed]}, after Mustaine accused Hetfield of kicking his dog.^{[citation needed]} Hetfield and Ulrich stated that they fired Dave because of his alcohol problem. Mustaine initially denied this, and in Metallica's 2004 movie Some Kind of Monster, Mustaine stated that he wished Metallica told him to go to AA. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Some Kind of Monster. ... Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an informal society for recovering alcoholics. ...

Despite their differences, Mustaine's contribution to the early years of Metallica was not completely neglected as he received co-writing credits on four of the songs in Kill 'Em All. One song, "The Four Horsemen" was originally written by Mustaine and titled "The Mechanix". It was performed at many early Metallica shows. Following Mustaine's exit, Hammett added a mid-paced, melodic middle section. Hetfield also wrote new lyrics and the band renamed it The Four Horsemen. Mustaine kept the faster paced original version of the song, renamed it simply "Mechanix", and included it on the first Megadeth album, Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!. Mustaine's other writing credits on Kill 'Em All are for the songs "Jump in the Fire", "Phantom Lord" and "Metal Militia". The Four Horsemen is the second track on Metallicas 1983 album Kill Em All. ... The Mechanix was a song written by Dave Mustaine. ... Killing Is My Business. ... Jump in the Fire is the fourth track on Metallicas 1983 album Kill Em All. ... Phantom Lord is a song by heavy metal band Metallica from their debut album Kill Em All. ...

Controversy

The band received criticism from the Bay Area scene and the underground rock press at the time for their proposed title for their debut album. The band initially planned to call it Metal Up Your Ass, and it would boast a cover featuring a toilet bowl with a hand clutching a dagger emerging from it. The band's label urged them to change this ^[3], so they agreed, switching to the marginally less-offensive Kill 'Em All, with a cover featuring the shadow of a hand letting go of a bloodied sledgehammer. Cliff Burton is credited^{[citation needed]} with coming up with the name Kill 'Em All (referring to timid record distributors and the censors) as a response to the whole situation. Bay Area thrash describes a style of thrash metal popularised by bands in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1980s. ... Bold text This article is about the weapon. ...

Awards and recognitions

• In 1989, the album was ranked #35 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80's.

• The album would reach #120 on the charts, according to Metallica.com

• The album was deemed the #1 underground album by Hit Parader

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Track listing

1. "Hit the Lights" (James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich) – 4:17
2. "The Four Horsemen" (Hetfield, Ulrich, Dave Mustaine) – 7:12
3. "Motorbreath" (Hetfield) – 3:08
4. "Jump in the Fire" (Hetfield, Ulrich, Mustaine) – 4:41
5. "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth" (Cliff Burton) – 4:14
6. "Whiplash" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 4:10
7. "Phantom Lord" (Hetfield, Ulrich, Mustaine) – 5:01
8. "No Remorse" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 6:26
9. "Seek & Destroy" (Hetfield, Ulrich) – 6:55
10. "Metal Militia" (Hetfield, Ulrich, Mustaine) – 5:09
11. "Am I Evil?" (Sean Harris, Brian Tatler) (originally recorded by Diamond Head, bonus track on 1989 re-release) – 7:50
12. "Blitzkrieg" (Ian Jones, Jim Sirotto, Smith) (originally recorded by Blitzkrieg, bonus track on 1989 re-release) – 3:36

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Singles

• "Jump in the Fire" was released as a UK EP in February 1984 to promote a UK tour with Venom. The EP would feature "Phantom Lord" and "Seek & Destroy" as live tracks, although they are actually studio recordings with fake crowd noise dubbed over them^{[citation needed]}.

• "Whiplash" was released as a U.S. 12" EP, featuring the same tracks as the UK "Jump in the Fire" EP but also featuring a special Neckbrace remix of "Whiplash". However, Lars Ulrich stated that there is no difference between the remix of "Whiplash" and the original version^{[citation needed]}.

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Trivia

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• The song "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth" is a bass solo by Cliff Burton. An instrumental track, with accompaniment on drums by Lars Ulrich, it features Burton's distinctive style of playing, incorporating heavy distortion, use of the wah-wah pedal, and tapping. This is also the bass solo that Cliff was playing when James and Lars first saw him at a gig. When they first entered the club where Cliff was playing, both James and Lars thought the sound was coming from a guitar. When they saw Cliff's red hair thrashing around, and that the sound was coming from a bass, they immediately wanted Cliff in their band.

• The 1989 re-issue of the album by Elektra Records added the songs "Blitzkrieg" (a cover of a song by the band of the same name) and "Am I Evil?" (the aforementioned Diamond Head song). Both of these Metallica covers were previously released as Garage Days Revisited on the B-side of the Creeping Death EP from the label Music for Nations in 1984.

• It was recorded in only two weeks on a small budget. Only 1500 copies were initally printed.

• This is the only Metallica album for which Kirk Hammett does not receive any songwriting credits.

• Kill 'Em All was recorded in Rochester, New York.

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Personnel

• James Hetfield – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Lars Ulrich – drums
• Cliff Burton – bass
• Kirk Hammett – lead guitar
• Jon Zazula – executive producer
• Paul Curcio – producer
• Chris Bubacz – engineer
• Andy Wroblewski – assistant engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering

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Charting positions

Album

References

External links

• Official site